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The baby was with her mother and father, Sabrina and George Lewis, of Trumbull, Connecticut.

The family was visiting the Granite State to celebrate Sabrina's 30th birthday with their au pair, Paula Delfoil, of Brazil. They had decided to take a scenic ride to the summit of the 4,000-foot peak in a tramway car around 1:50 p.m. Sunday when the car came to an abrupt stop.

After more than an hour in the sub-zero cold, the family was safely lowered by ropes more than 40 feet down to the ground by members of the Cannon Mountain Ski Patrol.

Officials said they believed it was the first time in the 35-year history of the state-owned tramway that an evacuation of passengers was undertaken.

"I was glad that we were rescued. I was scared we would be there all night," said Sabrina Lewis.

Cannon Mountain lift supervisor Courtney Lockhart was one of two lift attendants in the same tram car with the baby.

When Remy started to cry after the tramway sat idle, Lockhart took her coat off to give it to the baby and her family, who were not as well-dressed for the sub-zero conditions as the 40 skiers and riders on one of the two tram cars.

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The tram car was about 100 feet from the bottom of the cable, and a second tram car was stranded about 100 feet from the summit, with seven people aboard.

The temperature outside the car was -4 degrees. It was comparatively warmer than the temperature just before dawn at the mountain, recorded at -37 degrees.

Ben Landry of Harvard, Massachusetts, was skiing with friends when the tramway was stuck.

"People's attitude remained positive and despite cold toes, teamwork in action. People helped the rescue crews and staff safely evacuate everyone from the car," Landry said.

By 4:45 p.m., all had been safely evacuated from both trams.

John DeVivo, who directs mountain operations at Franconia said the team made the call to evacuate with ropes after exhausting all other options.